jordan shooting down a claim by isis that kayla mueller an american hostage being held in syria was killed in a jordanian air strike calling it all part of their quote, criminal propaganda. the united states says they see new evidence to back up that claim either. welcome to inside america's news headquarters. i'm in for kelly wright. >> good to have you here on a saturday. you don't look a day older. >> trust me i am. >> i'm julie banderas. moving on to the news as we wait to learn more about that

american being held by isis, jordan still reeling from the horrific execution of a captured pilot. vowing to wipe the terror group off the face of the earth. jordan's air force meantime carrying out a large number of isis targets in both syria and now iraq as well. connor powell is live in amman, jordan. are we getting any word on the fate of kayla mueller? >> reporter: well, it's been 4 hours since isis made this claim that mueller was in fact killed by a jordanian air strike in syria. there has been no evidence, there's been no proof to verify that statement and in both washington and here in amman, there's a lot of skepticism about whether or not that's true. both the cia and the state department said they're working to verify the claims and investigate and here in amman they're calling this claim that it was jordanian planes that killed mueller a simple criminal propaganda. a lot of skepticism in both

places, however, it is being taken very serious because she has been a hostage held by isis since august of 2013. so there's real concern about her fate. her parents released a statement last night and said they are continuing to pray and hope that she is alive and well. but there is a lot of fear that because she's been a hostage for isis for so long that the worst has happened to her. nobody knows for sure and again isis has offered no proof one way or the other about whether she's alive or dead. >> so then is jordan capable of continuing the current pace of its operations against isis? >> reporter: yeah, since their pilot was brutally murdered in january, jordan has stepped up their attacks on isis. particularly in the last week or so. launching a number of air strikes in syria, and reportedly also now in iraq according to jordanian officials. the question is can they sort of continue that pace of operations, and most people here

particularly u.s. officials say jordan isn't capable. they have a small but very capable air force it's only about 40 planes or so. so this type of operation where they're flying 12 jets a day and air strikes into syria it's probably too much for them. but they are part of this u.s. led coalition and the u.s. really is doing the bulk of the air strikes and the bulk of the coordination with jordan. we are also hearing that the uae is sending a squadron of f 16s here to jordan as well. so that will only boost the capabilities of the arab countries but right now, though, the real key is getting all of the arab countries together as part of this coalition. and as that develops and as that grows that is really the backbone of the overall coalition. not just jordan's air strikes. not just the united states but the growing coalition. >> conor powell, thank you. and three of the suspects

being charged from the st. louis area, two in illinois and one is from upstate new york and officials say all six are accused of sending money, military equipment and even u.s. uniforms to isis fight effort inside syria. the department of justice said they used aliases on facebook to communicate with contacts. vice president biden is throwing support behind a diplomat in a diplomatic push to stem the on going crisis in eastern ukraine. his backing comes as the leaders of france and germany head to russia for peace talks and biden does not believe there's a military solution to the conflict and russia backed rebels. but that russia will be judged by its actions and not by signing an agreement. >> it is not the objective of the united states -- i repeat it's not the objective of the united states of america to collapse or weaken the russian economy. that is not our objective. president putin has to make a

simple, stark choice -- get out of ukraine or face continued isolation and growing economic costs at home. >> many civilians meantime in the conflict zone are running out of food water and medicine. more than 5,000 people have died since the conflict started early last year. one soldier killed, six injured in colorado and investigators say the vehicle they were riding in suddenly rolled over during a training exercise last night. one of the injured soldiers remains in critical condition. no names being released at this time. cause of the accident currently under investigation. all right, turning to wet now. extreme weather rocking parts of the northwest, a powerful storm packing heavy winds and rain in northern california. in fact, the drought-stricken region definitely needs it, but the sudden downpours could actually be more harmful than

positive and trigger flooding and landslides even. meanwhile, another storm, a snowstorm, set its sights on the northeast. i'm not complaining there. meteorologist janice dean live from the fox extreme area. i have a ski trip coming up. you know that. >> full disclosure. >> all right. she likes the snow days. >> i'm biased. >> it's all about julie. >> hit us hard. not much has changed gregg i'm glad you're back on board. >> so nice to see you back where you belong on the fox news channel. okay. first of all, we'll talk about the west coast here. they're getting much needed moisture, however, of course we're concerned about flash flooding and mudslides. yes, but ultimately this is a good news story because they need to see the rain. we have had extraordinary drought in the situation across california and up towards the great basin here. so through tuesday we'll get this pineapple express going. a lot of moisture working its way in. by midweek that's when high pressure is going to set up and

we'll shut the tap off. for now, look at the drought. yes, they can use every drop of that rainfall and they'll certainly get it through central california, southern california not so much. but again, especially across the areas that really need it across central u.s. we're dealing with spring-like temperatures so you're enjoying that, however if you don't like snow, cover your ears and go la-la-la, because here we have a train of storms moving in except for julie, she's a big skier. the big weather maker is going to be sunday through monday. we have this low off the coast, very cold air across the intergrorinter interior sections of the northeast and new england. around new york, long island, south of the city, that's where we'll get this wintry mix. so it will happen monday morning on your commute. just be aware, but north of that area incredible amounts of snow across new england. i don't know if that's good news for boston because they have received incredible amounts really within the last week. so there's sunday into monday as i mentioned that wintry mix

setting up around the new york area. so we'll be concerned here. boston, i mean you could get over a foot of snow on top of the 55 inches that you have received you know just within the last couple of weeks. so there's your current snow depth. a lot of the areas over 24 inches and then you'll get another jackpot west of boston, could get over two feet of snow. so there you have it. i expect this time next weekend gregg, it will be you and i. julie will be nowhere in sight on the tv. but she'll be -- >> sending you photos of me knee deep in snow in vermont. >> big skier. too bad you're not any good. >> first of all, we have actually gone skiing together. he's quite good. >> we went down the plummet together. >> it was -- >> double black diamond. >> so he would know how good you are, but how does she look in her snowsuit? >> let's talk about that. >> she's quite beautiful in a snowsuit. >> that's all that matters. >> in the chalet.

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time for a quick check of the headlines now for you. divers retrieving seven more bodies from the airasia crash over the java sea. more than 100 victims have now been recovered. the flight from indonesia to singapore crashed on december 28th, killing all 162 people on board. meanwhile, transasia airlines now saying all pilots will undergo proficient tests following a deadly crash in taiwan this week. incredible pictures this taken from the dash cam from a car as the plane literally crashed on top of this highway with its wing clipping that taxi. the pictures unbelievable. well there's a preliminary investigation which shows the pilots in fact shut off the plane's only working engine. a move that may have contributed

to this crash that killed at least 40 people. and a yale university student now hospitalized for possible bacterial meningitis. the student had been contagious since january 26th. the school is working to monitor anybody who had contact with that student since then. congress is now gearing up for a big war debate. and it could actually set the stage for presidential candidates heading into 2016. at the request of president obama, lawmakers expected to take up the authorization for use of military force against isis. they'll do that on capitol hill beginning this week. the president has said he does not intend to put boots on the ground in either syria or iraq to fight the terrorist group. but many republicans believe that option should be available if needed. joining us now to talk about that, a bureau chief for talk radio services. and dee deer is vino joins us, a

former aide to president bush. eleanor, before there is a debate, there's some intense hearings on capitol hill that may underscore some of the perceived and ineptness of president obama when he says don't worry about isis, they're just a jv team. this could opportunity into an intense debate over the competence of the president. >> i don't think they're a jv team. >> that's what the president said. >> i understand. however, we -- the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and getting the same result and i have to tell you that we went in to iraq, we went into afghanistan, but we went into iraq twice. we did not get what we want. this has got to be dealt regionally, in syria and -- i'm

sorry, with saudi arabia, in syria, and iraq, with saudi arabia and jordan taking the lead. not the united states. the boots on the ground cannot be ours. >> all right. i'll come back to that in a minute because i'm not sure the jordanian military is up to it, but dee dee, let me move to you, because there are divisions among republicans especially those who are aiming for the oval office in 2016. you have on the one hand, rand paul very much an isolationist versus ted cruz with an expansion message to isis. what does this do to the presidential hopefuls? >> well, it's interesting you say that gregg because it's historically happening again. look, we have a carter again. we've got president carter obama, worse than carter. because remember the hostages, at least they survived. what president obama -- with president obama we have hostages dying. in fact, we have a woman who knows what happened to her. there are videos and the beheadings of americans. but this is a woman. think about it, what these men do to women.

i fear that next week if there's a video of how this woman was killed, probably stoned to death, we don't know. we cannot take these terrors lightly. what is going to happen, obama is going to continue to lollygag. he may give a nice speech to congress, but will he do anything? probably not. what's going to happen? the vacuum of carter is going to come back and we need to find that reagan to get rid of the terrorists and the bad guy. >> you said this should be handled regionally, maybe jordan and saudi arabia. jordan has three squadrons of f-16s. they have one squadron of covert choppers and 400 british may tags. they're a small country with a tiny military force they're not up to taking on isis. >> i'll tell you though, if they put together a regional group of people saudi arabia, jordan, some other countries, they can handle it. clearly, the united states boots on the ground in iraq. look how many people we had there. look over how many years we were

not able to do the job. this has got to be done regionally. the united states -- >> well isis has taken over large parts of syria and northern iraq, including mosul. had we not pulled out of iraq without a status of forces agreement, ellen. >> well, listen we went in and pulled out, but even when we went in, i remember going in to iraq and with jim pinkerton and i also remember our military correspondents saying to me before we went in, that she was told we would not be able to tell friend from foe and that's exactly the problem. >> yeah. dee dee -- >> a great history -- >> let me go back -- >> can i say a great history of moving forward. >> go ahead. >> sorry, gregg. very passionate about this, because look we have done nothing. we dilly dally. the red line was cross and the president did nothing, so the world is more in danger. >> but the president said that the war on terror was over. he said that may 23, 2013 in a big speech. war on terror is over.

does that now in retrospect given all that's happened seem rather naive if not foolish? >> yeah. tell that to the family of the beheaded americans. i mean give a break. these people mean business. they're probably the worst terrorist threat we have had since 9/11. something has to be done and the president of the united states needs to step forward and be strong. but unfortunately he probably won't do that. so we need to take back the white house and handle these folks and let's hope and pray that no bad comes to this -- >> we have to leave it there. fresh out of time, but good to see you both. dee dee sorvino and ellen ratner. >> welcome back, gregg. >> thank you. by the way, anchor bret baier bringing us the early contenders of the presidential election. go behind the scenes as potential candidates position themselves for the long haul. check it out, tonight, 10:00 eastern and tomorrow at 8:00 p.m. eastern on the fox news

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good afternoon, everyone. welcome to "america's news headquarters." topping the news this hour the partisan divide growing by the day in our nation's capital with vimes president joe biden announcing he won't be around for israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu's address to congress next month. we'll take closer look. and a labor dispute with huge implyications to the u.s. economy as work at more than two dozen west coast ports now on hold. we're going to get a live report. and jury selection now under way in the trial of the man accused of killing american pilot chris pile why the defense team is taking issue. our legal panel will take this case up next. but we begin with skepticism

about a claim by isis that a young american woman died in jordanian air strikes. the state department hasn't confirmed the death of 26-year-old hostage kayla mueller. the xricia is currently looking in to it and jordan calls it criminal propaganda. u.s. and coalition warplanes launching new bombing raids against the brutal terrorists of the islamic state. hi elandleeland. >> the air strikes they say are unlikely to change the battlefield equation by much. there is growing criticism of the administration's handling of the isis threat. yesterday national security adviser susan rice doubled down on the president's policies for confronting terror -- >> while the dangers we face may be more numerous and varied, they are not of the exstenscial

nature we confronted during world war ii or during the cold war. we cannot afford to be buffetted by alarmism and a nearly instantous news cycle. >> it was an exercise in self-congratulations. the message was, wow, we're doing so well we'll give you more of the same and my barf factor soared when toward the end susan rice speaking of the administration called it our unparalleled leadership. this was not a strategy. america deserves better. and by the way islamic state deserves more than this. >> the administration for its part says they know precious little about kayla mueller and her whereabouts. isis says she died in one of those jordanian air strikes. her family in the united states in prescott airlzrizona, said they are holding out home she's still alive.

arab emirates quietly stopped taking part in the missions in but state media said an f-16 squadron is headed to jordan. julie? >> leland thank you v. in the meantime, jordan is getting some help from a fellow arab nation. the united arab emirates ordering a squadron of f-16 to jordan to support its promise to wipe out the islamic state militant. both nations part of the military coalition against the terrorists led by the united states but american officials say the united arab emirates suspended its air strikes last year. be sure to tune in tomorrow morning when mariae bar toe romo discusses the strategy with "sunday morning futures" right here on the fox news channel. a series of bomb attacks across baghdad killing dozens of people.

this one was the deadliest. it happened in the new baghdad neighborhood. a suicide bomber set himself off in a street filled with shops and shoppers. a movie theater and a restaurant full of customers. in all 22 people died and many more were injured. two other blasts went off in crowded markets in the iraqi capital. no group so far taking responsibility. the attack in the meantime occurring just as baghdad gets ready for its midnight to 5:00 a.m. curfew which has been in place for more than ten years. benjamin netanyahu's speech before congress next month proving to be a sore subject on capitol hill. the white house criticizing republicans for inviting him in the first place without first consulting the white house. several prominent democrats are weighing whether to boycott the address and now we're getting word of at least one no-show.

vice president joe biden will apparently not be there because he'll be traveling aboard. >> we don't know exactly where the vice president will be on march 3rd. his office says he'll be out of the country when israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu addresses congress. vice president biden usually would attend a joint meeting of congress especially when a foreign leader speaks and sits behind a podium. he's missed another address by a foreign prime minister the australian prime minister. it was planned before john boehner announced that he'd be addressing lawmakers. the white house has been critical of boehner for lining up netanyahu without coordinating with the administration. president obama has a tense relationship with the israeli leader mainly over iran's efforts to develop nuclear weapons. other democrats skipping the speech include congressman john

lewis, g.k. butterfield and earl blumen blumenthatter. either president obama nor secretary of state john kerry will meet with netanyahu when he's in town. they say it's too close to the israeli elections and don't want to appear to take sides. >> molly thanks very much. we should point out that white house spokesperson josh ernest says the president believes each member of congress should make their own decision whether or not to attend. a long-simmer labor dispute a move with huge implications for the overall u.s. economy. will carr is live in los angeles to explain. hey, will. >> hi, julie. the weekend shutdown could have a big impact on consumers all across the country. west coast ports support 9

million jobs and contribute $2 trillion to the annual economy. according to the pacific maritime association, which temporarily suspended vessel operations for the weekend, the union has been slowing down work creating gridlock at the ports on purpose for months as a tactic to leverage negotiations over pay and pension. the unionnd, that's not absolutely true. showing ports that don't appear to be congested. amidst the back and forth they've offered a 3% pay increases and fully paid health care pointing out that average union workers make $147,000 a year right now plus benefits. but negotiations just fell through. >> the slowdowns are having the same result as a worker strike except that workers are still getting a paycheck. the slowdowns need to stop. the terminals cannot withstand any more. we are truly close to gridlock.

>> this is a shocking development to have the companies close the ports down on the weekend in the middle of this congestion mess that's been affecting customers for the better part of 2014 really is a real blow. >> a lot of back and forth, and if it continues the biggest impact will be felt by businesses and consumers. >> will carr, thank you very much. in the meantime, union workers at two oil plants say they will go on strike later tonight. they're part of the united steelworker union at bp refineries in indiana and ohio. the workers plan to join a walkout happening at nine other refineries across the nation. bp says its plants will carry on with replacement workers. no major effect on production. all part of the first nationwide strike at u.s. oil refineries in 35 long years. what would you do with $380 million? that's the jackpot for tonight's power ball drawing after nobody

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time for a quick check of the headlines now. controversial comment made by pope francis getting a lot of attention. he allegedly said it's okay for parents to spank their kids. members of the pope's commission on sex abuse said there's no place for physical discipline whatsoever. also announcing progress in its effort to create new policies on holding bishops accountable for covering up abuses by priests. tmz reporting police in georgia opening an investigation

in to the boyfriend of whitney houston's daughter bobbi kristina after she was found unconscious in a bathtub after an apparent overdose. nick gordon has a history of domestic violence. los angeles clippers guard chris paul was fined 25,000 bucks for criticizing a female referee after his team's loss to the cleveland cavaliers. paul says she may not be ready for the big leagues. well, the partisan divide continues to grow in washington. this time over house speaker john boehner's invitation to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu to address congress next month without first notifying the white house. while this latest split vice president joe biden has now announced that he will miss the appearance because of a prescheduled trip aboard and several leading democrats sharply criticizing the speaker's move over the past week. an israeli government official

suggesting that mr. netanyahu may have been mistaken about the nature of the invitation saying on israeli radio and i'm quoting, it appears the speaker of congress made a move in which we trusted but which it ultimately became clear was a one-sided move and not a move by both sides. let's talk about it with david hawkings senior editor of "roll call." even israeli's foreign ministers welcomes an uneven welcome by the u.s. but more importantly what does it say, first of all that the congress and the white house aren't communicating on this? >> well, it says that this is a sort of an unusual situation generally. it is -- it is clear precedent that before the members of congress invite a foreign leader to come to speak to a joint meeting of congress they ask the president. they get the white house's permission. there's no doubt that that did not happen this time. so, this is -- this is starting to be this speech, is starting to be a situation that doesn't work to anybody's advantage. the president, the speaker of

the house john boehner is getting criticized not only by the white house but as you just showed by mr. netanyahu's own close advisers they were sort of misled and mr. boehner doesn't look too good. mr. netanyahu is getting -- who is up for re-election in the middle of march, this is becoming an issue in his campaign that he took this invitation. the president isn't looking too good because he somehow looks like he's lost control of the situation and is very mad about this. it seems pretty clear that at least some people are going to have to start talking soon about whether to postpone this. >> if you look at all of this and the bigeringic bickering behind the scenes it looks like president obama is looking worse because speaker boehner did it without consulting the white house. mr. netanyahu was going to give a speech that was going to question mr. obama's policy and

his rapprochement with iran over the nuclear plans and that's something that the republicans feel the president should not turn his back on and how does it reflect on the president over iran iran's handling of nuclear weapons in refusing to listen to netanyahu's speech. >> i think the president is saying two weeks before an election netanyahu shouldn't be coming here to essentially lecture me. >> he doesn't want to give the impression of partiality. i get that. >> that's right. and neither does he want to give the impression of essentially giving netanyahu a pretty prominent stage, the floor of the house of representatives, to call the president's own foreign policy in to question. it seems like the obvious solution here, an obvious solution, would be to postpone this speech, saying to mr. netanyahu, if you want to give the speech, win re-election first and then we'll talk about making a speech and then in the intervening time the upcoming battle with congress and the president over the iran sanctions and iran policy which

will start bubbling up in the congress even as soon as this week might have played itself out. >> as a result of what is conceived by many as a snubl by our president regardless of how the invitation spilled out netanyahu is now on damage control, is he not? he has to personally call leaders of the democratic party like nancy pelosi to try to smooth things over, he has to explain to his own people what it means between his relationship with the u.s. what does it say about the administration to allow the partisan bickering to reflect poorly possibly on our relationship with israel? >> i think it -- i think at this point this is less about -- my own view this is less about the president and more about the relationship between netanyahu and congress. this is -- i think if netanyahu is going to be ticked off about anybody it sounds like what his advisers are trying to let out their maybe beef is not so much with the president as it is with john boehner and they are saying, you know, if he was going to be invited, they're saying, mr. boehner, should have

made clear it was only a republican invitation and not a bipartisan invitation. as i said at the top, you know, nobody's -- nobody's proving to be a winner in this situation. and my guess is it's going to just -- it will go away soon enough at least be postponed. >> but in speaking of winning he is up for re-election and he has an election that's coming up in just two weeks before israeli voters will head to the polls. the question is could this potentially hurt the lukuz? >> two weeks after the speech march 17th. two weeks after the date of the speech. >> and if he, in fact, comes and gives the speech and doesn't change his mind and say let's postpone it? >> right. a lot can change. my very limited understanding of the israeli election is he's ahead in the polls right now but the polls are pretty fluid. it's a parliamentary election, a lot can happen. advertising is making -- he's bought the baby sitter ad you should play that sometime.

one of the best political ads i've seen in a long time. a lot can happen in the israeli election so we'll see but my expectation is that if he -- that he'll end up coming back to the u.s. to try his hand at this if he wins. >> all right. david hawkings, thank you very much. jurors in the murder trial of aaron hernandez touring the former football star's home along with other key spots in the case including the location where oden lloyd's body was discovered. ted daniel from our fox boston affiliate wfxt has more. >> reporter: out of court and in a bus, all of the players in the aaron hernandez trial except the former patriots player on board. four state troopers leading the way. we're on the road as well myself and my photographer adam, are following along but keeping a safe distance. judge's order. in foxboro we're right behind as the bus stops along 95 north where the prosecution points to

a cell tower they say hernandez pinged. another cell tower in boston. and then dor chester where oden lloyd lived with his family. one of the main reasons prosecutors brought the jury to the lloyd home is to show them a camera that's located at a neighbor's house that allegedly caught lloyd leaving the night he was murdered getting into a car with hernandez. about an hour later, north atleboro and the spot where oden lloyd was killed. the ride from the crime scene to aaron hernandez's home very important for the prosecution. very close just a half mile away. the jury unaware as they tour the house that some items were covered before their arrival. when the jury was out for lunch the state complained the home had been staged with football trophies and memorabilia and religious items in advance of

the jury view. >> we have never nor would we ever manipulate that premises. >> reporter: hernandez' lawyer with this to the judge friday morning right before the bus left. >> we went there ourselves last night and made sure none of those things are there. >> ted daniel from fox boston affiliate wfxt. testimony resumes in the hernandez case this coming monday. well, the man who was once at the center of a major bullying scandal in the nfl may soon be back on the football field. espn is reportingrismchy incognito in close deals with the buffalo bills. in cognito was suspect suspended. >> close to a deal? gl close to a deal. >> we've heard that before. jury selection is under way in another high profile murder trial. the shooting death of navy s.e.a.l. sniper chris kyle, so why are attorneys for kyle's

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it's the bottom of the hour, time for the top of the news. the university of kcalifornia announcing new plans to require vaccinations for measles mumps and rubella. a powerful storm triggering floods and mud slides in washington state and knocking out power to thousands of people

in california. the next storm is expected to hit tomorrow with as much as 3 inches of rain in some spots but it is not expected to make much of a dent in the region's historic drought. and speaking of rough weather a new storm is brewing in canada. i think janice dean brewed this one up with snow showers expected to move in across the northeast sunday night through early tuesday up to 2 feet of snow is possible across upstate new york and new england. jury selection under way now in the trial of eddie routh the iraq war veteran accused of fatally shooting navy s.e.a.l. sniper chris kyle and another man at a gun range in 2013. kyle was reportedly helping the defendant cope with ptsd but now a veterans group is claiming that routh never actually saw any comment which if true could poke a hole or two in to his defense of insanity. we've got our fox news legal

analyst and doug byrnes is a defense attorney and former federal prosecutor. missed you guys the a-team here. >> good to see you. >> all right, look, it appears that of the defendant served one tour in iraq but he stayed at the base allegedly and never saw combat. >> correct. >> if he is alleging insanity as a defense in this texas courtroom, and claiming ptsds a his disorder the fact that he never saw combat, what will it do? >> it will undermine his defense but he'll probably get an expert saying even the basic training being amongst these individuals, being in this paramilitary environment that's enough to be -- >> and being in the venue of iraq where everybody's scared. >> exactly right. that expert's going to be key. >> there have been cases in which people have suffered ptsd by virtue of their close personal friendship and association with combat soldiers. >> you guys are making an excellent somewhat

counterintutive point. in other words you don't necessarily have to be in a combat mission. however, let me say this a texas ranger interviewed the defendant and they went through the interview and in fairness to the defense he really did make it sound, the defendant, as though he were suffering some severe mental problems. the reason i shot them i was afraid i would be killed. but the ranger kind of boxed him in you knew what you did was wrong and he agreed with that. >> knowing right from wrong is the linchpin of insanity. do we have the sound bite? chris kyle's wife was asked about the ptsd insanity defense, here's what she said -- >> yeah, i don't buy it. i don't think it's appropriate. and i think it's a very lame excuse for horrible behavior. >> it is in the diagnostic and sta sististical manual of psychitrivetpsychi

psychiatristss testify in court. the national institute of health keeps track of this stuff, insanity succeeds in less than 1% of the cases in the united states. >> we're not surprised. what you are telling the jury, 94 get the horrendous behavior and the conduct and the killing set that aside because he really didn't know what he was doing. jurors sit there and go are you kidding? the american sniper. i'm sure many of them watched the movie. that will be very pivotal in their thinking, plus the juries don't like to say excuse the horrific conduct because he didn't know right from wrong. >> however, here's my take for the defense. any criminal trial lawyer will tell you the most important dynamic in the room is what are jurors thinking when they look over at that defendant. one option is he's a horrible murderer, he's terrible. the other option if jurors can say, wait a minute, he was a marine, he was one of us. he fought over there. that's the dynamic they need to create. can they do it?

i think it's an uphill battle. >> in texas in particular insanity dasn'toesn't fly. in the andrea yates case she had volumes of medical records and she was psychotic and all kinds of disorders and in lay terms she was nuttier than a fruitcake, yet the jurors didn't buy the insanity, but in the second case they did. it's a tough thing to prove. >> it was because she killed her own kids. that's almost automatically. >> i saw "american sniper" last weekend, terrific movie directed by clint eastwood chris kyle is obviously this huge hero. can a defendant who killed him get a fair trial anywhere? >> that's what the defense is really concerned about, they are saying where are we going to be able to get a fair trial when everyone's going to say kyle was a superhero. he did everything he could to protect those troops out there and now he's dead at the hands of this man. >> so beloved in stephenville.

can you find anybody who didn't love and admire the victim? >> you're right. but i don't see it as a local venue problem. in other words, it's a national movie. where are you going to move it? there's nowhere to put it. >> it depends. >> you're right look, imagine -- >> they loved and adored him in his hometown. >> that's true. >> it's grounds for an appeal, right? >> but the point is i meachbl, we all have said this a. times with respect can you get a fair jury it's not what you've seen or heard or the movie, can you put it aside start with a clean slate and be fair. >> that's great amongst the three of us. >> fair enough. >> put 12 jurors in a box and it may not -- >> that's right. >> i think it will be a battle of the experts. you can find an expert psychiatrist to say anything anytime, anywhere and that's true of doctors and lawyers and anybody else. >> you can't get me to say anything, anywhere. none sense. >> you know i'm telling the truth. but it really depends on how

good the defense psychiatrist is to say this man could not possibly know left from right, up from down or right from wrong. tough sell. >> very tough. the jury's probably not going to buy it. >> all right, doug byrnes mercedes colvim thanks for being here. in 48 hours alabama will become the 37th state to allow gay marriage. gay couples will be able to get marriage licenses monday unless the u.s. supreme court orders a last-minute stay on a lower court's decision to overturn the state's ban on gay marriage. alabama had asked the court to intervene since the justices will be considering the issue of gay marriage sometime this summer but a clerk for the high court said that is not likely. a young american woman killed in retaliatory bombings is kayla mueller. is she dead or is it isis criminal propaganda? hear what our next guest thinks and why the claim raises

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at ally bank no branches equals great rates. it's a fact. kind of like mute buttons equal danger. ...that sound good? not being on this phone call sounds good. it's not muted. was that you jason? it was geoffrey! it was jason. it could've been brenda. more on our top story now the state department and now the cia looking in to a claim by isis that a young american woman was killed in jordanian air strikes. 26-year-old kayla mueller is apparently the last u.s. hostage held by isis. meanwhile the white house and congress tussling over money to fight the islamic state. how is this different from our war against al qaeda? we're joined now by julian turner who served on the white house national security council under president bush and obama and is a fox news contributor. thank you so much for talking to

us about this. this latest accusations, this claim that isis killed yet another hostage is different this time. they're saying they are not responsible, so they're not bragging and dangling her death in the view of others. however, there is zero proof at this point that the american hostage kayla mueller is, in fact, dead, it is conceivable that could be the case but what is highly skeptical is the manner in which she died. how far fetched are there that the jordanian air strike killed nor injured no one but her? >> right now terrorist analysts are pointing to the painful conclusion that claims of her death are very credible but claims about how and when she died are not. >> right. >> the u.s. government for its part is really focusing its efforts on intelligence collection and intelligence analysis in order to decipher the ground -- the ground truth here. but what is known right now is that all efforts are -- are sort of like all hands on deck.

we're working very closely with our alhighs slyies in the region. >> when isis killed a jordanian pilot happened to be a religious muslim it basically declared a whole new kind of war with jordan. what has isis gained, then, by blaming jordan for the death of an american? >> nothing. and i would add that at the strategic level isis has grossly miscalculated the effects of these recent astrosties would have on the international community. they perpetrated these executions of most recently jordanian and japanese hostages with the intent that they would be a recruitment tool for others. but what's happened here is actually the reverse. they've managed to galvanize the u.s.-led anti-isis coalition as well as our arab allies in the region like jordan and saudi and the uae which just now has rejoined the military campaign. >> and king abdullah everyone

knows sends a very strong message to isis after this. and he carried out on his promise of executing the pows if harm came to its pilot. the u.s. has several terrorists locked away in gitmo. could they learn anything from jordan by fighting with fire here? >> well, here's what was really neat about king abdullah's response here the jordanian government managed to speak to isis in what i would call their language. right? an execution for an execution. >> fighting fire with fire. >> an eye for an eye. but at the same time did this without compromising due process and their own national laws. remember they did not summarily round up these people off the street and execute them. these were terrorists who had already been tried, convicted and sentenced to death in jordanian court. >> so then, what happens next? the white house and congress, they are in the process of discussing new authorization for military funding against isis.

how should isis be treated differently from al qaeda and how does that dictate how we should engage it? >> well, there's a number of sort of tactical differences. differences at the tactical level so to speak between isis and al qaeda, but at the end of the day we're talking about two organizations that share this radical militant sunni demographic as well as a core agenda that's hell-bent on destroying as many western targets, ie, american citizens as possible whether that's here on home soil or abroad in other countries. >> how does the united states send a message as strong as the one that jordan did? i'm not saying go in to gitmo and kill every terrorist but some might say hey, why not? or other guests have come on this program and said, hey why don't we put a bounty on the head of every isis militant taking the lives of innocent hostages. why not go there. they clearly need money, they need hundreds of millions of dollars to exist every year.

so drain them of their funding. >> that's a good point. there's a lot of sort of different tactical options that we can take here. this administration has been very focused on rallying support for this international coalition, which in and of itself is hard to disagree with. it's important to bring our allies on board as we fight our adversaries overseas and it's important we have not only. contributions but the added strength of military and intelligence communities from other governments so as a first step that's, you know, it's important. eventually we are going to really have to followthrough on degrading and defeating isis. >> in the weeks that led up to the jordanian pilot's death we saw so much revolt going on from the very top to the citizens of jordan insisting that he be brought back alive. have we gotten that same kind of rage, that same kind of anger and passion from the white house on this american hostage who has been in the hands of isis now for quite some time and could potentially be dead? >> so far we have not.

we've seen -- >> why? >> -- statements -- you know, i think part of the reason right now we -- we meaning the u.s. government's really in receive mode here and is a little bit scrambling to compile all the intelligence we have about this young woman and to first try and figure out whether indeed she is dead or alive. i think that before we've seen proof of death it would be a little bit misdirected for the u.s. government to start condemning her death if you know what i mean. >> no, not condemning her death, but condemning the fact that she's in custody as well as all the other hostages in custody and the jordanian pilot that jordan would not give up on and made a very strong position in making a threat and carrying through with it, those are the types of messages that i believe that most would feel your government should be doing. >> absolutely. >> that we're not messing around. >> uh-huh. i agree. and we should be doing more to really not just condemn the attacks and, you know, hostage

taking generally but to make clear what our retaliatory intentions are. >> julian turner, sorry, that's all the time we have. we appreciate your comments. thank you. >> thanks for having me. this weekend greta van sus susteren going in depth on isis. >> little is known about america's most wanted terrorist al baghadi he has a $10 million u.s. bounty on his head. in july, he made a rare public appearance at a mosque in mosul, iraq. wearing what appeared to be an expensive watch he calmly cleaned his teeth before speaking to a captive audience. >> hmm. greta investigates isis. that's airing tonight at 5:00 p.m. eastern time. then tomorrow at 9:00 p.m. and midnight. check it out, right here on the fox news channel. so, you think you have a tough commute? how about this? this is a man who has walked

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weekly commentary. >> the heroes and scoundrels who emerge during war usually reflect the cultural and moral climate of their age. world war ii fought in unity against formidable enemies, abounded in heroes. its most famous scoundrel, a deserter, died under a rain of bullets from an american firing squad. in those days, right and wrong had very specific moral and cultural meanings. americans were ambivalent about our fight in korea, the forgotten war, and the 20 or so p.o.w.s who defected to the north only underscored the country's willingness to expunge its memory. vietnam, the third rail of american culture, gave up dozens of heroes, largely unsung as anti-war forces shouted down love of country. the twisted face of a great

nation in world danger saw its face in the court martial of a man convicted of goading his men into the slaughter of hundreds of women and children. we now live in the age of betrayal. a volunteer force has given us the iconic navy s.e.a.l.s and countless young men of courage but the trechery of edward snowden and private bradley manning soured the taste for war. worse, our commander of forces in iraq and afghanistan, general david petraeus may be indicted for passing classified information to his mistress. his cronies are rushing to his defense and insist the married general's affair didn't happen while still in the army. but after he left the service and took over at cia. if they're wrong then petraeus would be guilty of adultery under the uniform code of military justice. the most egregious case of perfidy is sergeant bowe

bergdahl who walked away from his unit in afghanistan and spent five years as a prisoner of the taliban. since bergdahl's release last may, president obama welcomed his hippie parents to the rose garden and dispatched his incoherent national security advisor susan rice to describe the deserter as having served his country quote, with honor and distinction. we eagerly await the long-delayed final reports on petraeus and especially bergdahl. it's unlikely that the general, an elite media creation who lost two wars, will be prosecuted. he is the keeper of many secrets. as for sergeant bergdahl the tales of his long captivity and odd release in exchange for five taliban thugs cries for a public hearing, preferably at a court martial. smart money says he will be given a pass. in this day when lying is as

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